Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
FILM THEORY	Third cycle	RTS 914		1	7.00	7.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	-
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	ASST.PROF.PH.D.BURAK MEDİN
Lecturer(s)	ASST.PROF.PH.D.BURAK MEDİN
Teaching assitant(s)	-
Mode of delivery	CONFERENCE
Course objective	To create a theoretical awareness about cinema and to introduce the thoughts on cinema to the students since birth.
Course description	A theoretical field course in which the thoughts and theories produced on the historical development of cinema are explained.

Course contents

1	The birth of cinema and first reactions
2	Early thoughts on cinema
3	Rudolf Arnheim
4	Béla Balázs
5	Pudovkin ve Kuleşov
6	Sergei Eisenstein
7	Sergei Eisenstein
8	Dziga Vertov
9	Andre Bazin
10	Andre Bazin
11	Siegfried Kracauer
12	Siegfried Kracauer
13	Auteur Policy and Theory
14	General evaluation
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Recognize different film theories; list and classify their original features
2	Recognize the researches based on different theories
3	Apply theoretical approaches in film production process at academic level
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	12	3	36
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	10	3	30
Homework	1	10	10
Presentation / seminar	1	10	10
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	15	15
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	1	20	20
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	15	15
Final exam	1	3	3
Research	1	10	10
Total work load			151
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Sinema Kuramları (1); Editör: Z. Özarslan; Su Yayınevi; 2013 Büyük Sinema Kuramları; J. D. Andrew; Doruk Yayınları; 2010
Additional references	Sinema Kuramları (2); Editör: Z. Özarslan; Su Yayınevi; 2013 Film Çalışmaları; A. M. Butler; Kalkedon Yayınları; 2011

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